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Direct job creation in Germany revisited: Is it effective for welfare recipients and does it matter whether participants receive a wage?
Hohmeyer, Katrin; Wolff, Joachim - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2010
"Bringing welfare recipients into jobs is a major goal of German labour market policy since a reform of the year 2005. Direct job creation providing participants with temporary subsidized jobs mainly in the non-profit sector plays an important role for achieving this goal. There are three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008691828
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Direct job creation in Germany revisited: Is it effective for welfare recipients and does it matter whether participants receive a wage?
Hohmeyer, Katrin; Wolff, Joachim - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2010
"Bringing welfare recipients into jobs is a major goal of German labour market policy since a reform of the year 2005. Direct job creation providing participants with temporary subsidized jobs mainly in the non-profit sector plays an important role for achieving this goal. There are three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592390
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Inequality and the (self-)selection of international migrants : theory and novel evidence
Brücker, Herbert; Defoort, Cecily - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2007
"This paper analyses the (self-)selection of migrants between countries which have substantial differences in the inequality of earnings and income levels. In an extended version of the Roy-model we consider migration costs, which tend to grow less than proportional with the income level. As a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005537113
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Inequality and the (self-)selection of international migrants : theory and novel evidence
Brücker, Herbert; Defoort, Cecily - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2007
"This paper analyses the (self-)selection of migrants between countries which have substantial differences in the inequality of earnings and income levels. In an extended version of the Roy-model we consider migration costs, which tend to grow less than proportional with the income level. As a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592435
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Language usage, participation, employment and earnings : evidence for foreigners in West Germany with multiple sources of selection
Aldashev, Alisher (contributor);  … - 2008
Language proficiency may not only affect the earnings of the individual, but the probability to participate in the labor market or becoming employed as well. It may also affect selection of people into economic sector and occupation. In this paper, the effects of language proficiency on earnings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003777754
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Short-term training programs for immigrants : do effects differ from natives and why?
Aldashev, Alisher; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Walter, Thomas - 2010
We evaluate the effects of different short-term training programs on the employment chances of immigrant and native welfare recipients in Germany. In particular, we investigate whether program effects differ between both groups and what might cause these potential differences. In a first step,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003954181
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Language usage, participation, employment and earnings
Aldashev, Alisher; Gernandt, Johannes; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003547309
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Temporary extra jobs for immigrants : merging lane to employment or dead-end road in welfare?
Thomsen, Stephan L.; Walter, Thomas - 2010
We evaluate the effects of the most frequently used German welfare-to-work program on the employment chances of immigrant welfare recipients. In particular, we investigate whether program effects differ between immigrants and natives and what might cause these potential differences. Our results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003961542
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Migration und Arbeitsmarkt : Steuerung und Arbeitsmarktwirkungen der Zuwanderung und Arbeitsmarktintegration von Migranten in Rheinland-Pfalz ; Anhörung von Sachverständigen vor de...
Brücker, Herbert - 2010
Qualifikationsstruktur der Zuwanderer ein. Die schlechte Arbeitsmarktintegration von Migranten ist ein Schlüsselproblem der Zuwanderung. Die … Ursachen liegen unter anderem in der Qualifikationsstruktur, der Konzentration auf oft wenige Ausbildungsberufe, die zudem mit … die Einwanderungspolitik einen erheblichen Einfluss auf die Qualifikationsstruktur der ausländischen Bevölkerung hat. Für …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010228710
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Fachkräftebedarf in Deutschland : zur kurz- und langfristigen Entwicklung von Fachkräfteangebot und -nachfrage, Arbeitslosigkeit und Zuwanderung
Brücker, Herbert; Brunow, Stephan; Fuchs, Johann; … - 2013
Das IAB geht davon aus, dass sich die Arbeits-, Kapital- und Gütermärkte zumindest längerfristig an den Rückgang des Arbeitsangebotes anpassen werden. Die Prognose einer "Fachkräftelücke", in welcher Größenordnung auch immer, ist deshalb nicht sinnvoll. Allerdings kann es zu Mismatch auf...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010229011